Thank for the forward Edi, and I wonder where my good brother Pa Modou Gassama, our avid APRC supporter is faring in all of these happenings.We have not heard from him lately. Jabou Joh n a message dated 9/17/03 10:46:53 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:> > > Following in fighting among junior and senior staff members of Gamtel, the > company's MD Abdouraman Mboob has finally got the sacked, sources close to > the heart of the Gambian government told me last night. Mboob who was > brought to Gamtel by Famara Jatta, had been accused of materminding the > arrest of your Gamtel engineers, who were detained at the Mile two Central > prisons. The Gamtel engineers were blamed for a major communication break > down which hit the tiny west Afican country recently. Mboob's management > were said to have written to the police claiming that the black out was due > to sobotage perpetrate by the engineers, whom he had been at logger ahead > with. > > Gamtel's staff Association in protest matched to the Vice president's > residence demanding for the immediate release of their colleagues. They > told the VP that they don't see any justification for the illegal detention > of the egineers. The VP according to our sources later convened a meeting > with the police, where she ordered for the release of the Gamtel staff. > > One thing is evident however, Gamtel is now being politicised. The regime > is hiring people who are not experienced to handle the job. Most > professionals are resigning day by the day. Pro APRC supporters are hell > bent on undermining qualified staff. I must point out that mboob was not > fit to run Gamtel. He was brought there by Famara Jatta his former boss in > order run errands for him. He Fams and others are running a software > company called Cube. This company according to sources compelled Gamtel to > purchase computers and other software materials from the firm. Most of the > time sources say the prices are exorbitant. Mboob is replaced by Omar Ndow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~